MOTOGP » Rivals ahead but Rossi 'balanced'

Edwards and Toseland will be at PI.
It can also be very practcal, Valentino needs to give his hand a rest, a bit longer interval between tests won't be bad.
They really seem to be brewing something at Yamaha this time around, good news.
They have to pullout all the stops to beat Ducati

are the other Yamaha teams attending the testing?

Hi Morgue,
yea i'm just abit curious as to why they have chosen not to attend, I would have thought that given the position they was in last year they ought to test at every track to see how they compare to their rivals at as many places as they can, it just makes sense to me that's all.

I'm sure they have some reason for not going, & we will have to wait & see.

I really hope this new engine is upto the job though.

They don't have to do all tests, they are allowed to do 8 each WITH a max of three days in duration,
they gathered a lot of data at Sepang they can work on in Japan. My guess is they are testing engines, engines and more engines.
On feb 4,5,6 they will test again at Sepang, not so long from now.

Why on earth are rossi etc not testing at PI?

Blimmey you guys have been busy on here.

I'm going to reserve my judgement about Casey untill the end of the season, we will see how good he is if we get Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki up there because if Stoner is unable to get away so easily this year which I beleive will be addressed by the likes of yamaha & honda already have it will be interesting.

One thing I find strange is the fact that yamaha are not testing at phillip Island, I would have thought they would have but maybe there are good reasons for it.

can't bloody wait for the season to get underway now guys.

Hey there are 18 races soooo if any of the top guys have an off and break something that requires sx what then hey I dont want any body hurt but in racing these things happen sooo remember two years ago at a certain race in Spain Caparex could have won the world championship but hurt his chest and his chances so lets just see how the "racing" goes testing is important but it is not racing

Yes Joe, they will be there.

Does anyone know if suzuki are at the island this coming test

My money is still on Dani Pebrosa to win the championship, Honda will have to concentrate on a number 1 rider this year, sorry if I upset anyone but Dani looks to be a better rider on the 800 than Hayden, Maybe honda will let them fight it out for the first few races, but once it becomes clear one of their riders is getting better results they will have have to work as a team.